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Proton beam teen Mason Kettley is a United Kingdom trailblazer

Mason was diagnosed with an inoperable tumour in October. The lack of proton therapy in the United Kingdom became the subject of public debate in 2014, when t...

Kraus & Co Purchased 405 Shares of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

The stock began the trading session at $128.5 and hit a high of $129.3. During Q3 2018 the big money sentiment increased to 1.05. M. Kraus & Co's holdings in ...

Senior federal official defends new Canada Food Guide

Cassell says this new guide is only a guideline and isn't something that can be put into place overnight. The two countries' suggestions are similar, except tha...

This season's flu shot far more effective than last year's, researchers find

However, Skowronski said people interested in the vaccine are still encouraged to get it earlier in the season before the annual flu peak. He says the results...

Body size influence women's lifespan

One theory is it is related to shrinkage, which has been associated with various health problems . To investigate, the team used data from the Netherlands Coh...

Hannity Tries To Give New Nickname To Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Fails Miserably

Normally it wouldn't even be a footnote to a story about a big House vote that a first-term backbencher chose to oppose her party's bill . Her decision to vo...

Eating fried chicken= 13% higher risk of death

Those who ate one or more servings of fried food a day showed an 8 percent higher risk of death from all causes of cardiovascular disease compared with those wh...

Chinese Scientists Have Cloned a Genetically Altered Primate For The First Time

Late previous year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui sensationally announced the world's first genetically altered babies, following CRISPR editing. All five ...

Gum disease bug linked to Alzheimer’s in breakthrough

Doctors have observed that gingivitis is more common among people with Alzheimer's disease , although that could be because these people find dental hygiene mo...

Diet to bring about change: Lentils with a side of rice

The strategy also discusses humanity's responsibility to have strong and co-ordinated governance of land and oceans by implementing a zero-expansion policy of n...

Report calls homicide rate in Ontario long-term care homes 'Situation Critical'

The report details violence, including homicides, taking place in the province's long-term-care facilities. Rather, she blames successive provincial governmen...

Nurse arrested in rape of incapacitated woman who gave birth

The facility says they will continue cooperating with Phoenix police. Chief executive Bill Timmons resigned after the patient gave birth , and Arizona ...

As Europe tightens its borders, migrants' health at risk

The bigger health risk is for migrants themselves, with a large share of HIV-positive migrants contracting the disease only after arriving in Europe, said Sever...

Kelly O'Dwyer quits parliament in shock move ahead of election

It is true that retaining the seat would have been no certainty even with O'Dwyer still as the candidate, especially given Victoria's recent anti-conservative t...

Bleeding risks may offset aspirin's benefit v heart disease

U.S. doctors have long advised adults who haven't had a heart attack or stroke but are at high risk for these events to take a daily aspirin pill, an approach k...

Health Canada ready to unveil newly revamped Canada Food Guide

And, while it may be hard to see, there is milk in a bowl of porridge and berries. Hutchinson said the intent was not to cut dairy from the guide and pointed ...

Bleeding risks may offset aspirin's benefit vs heart disease

But by thinning blood, aspirin also increases your risk of bleeding. People without heart trouble who took a daily low-dose aspirin had a lower risk of heart ...

Protein Changes Detected in Blood Years Before Alzheimer’s Onset

The Alzheimer's-linked mutation carried by patients examined in this study only affects about 1 percent of people who get the neurodegenerative disease, so the ...

Clark County in Washington State Has Measles Outbreak

Measles Outbreak Authorities in Clark County, Washington are continuous in their investigations over the ongoing measles outbreak that has so far affected 19 in...

Research Says Most Parents Turn To Unscientific Methods To Prevent Colds

Many parents still believe "folklore strategies" or use vitamins or supplements for cold prevention that are not scientifically supported.CREDIT C.S. The upli...

EC rejects charges of EVM hacking in 2014 polls, mulls legal action

Shuja confessed that political parties of every hue have tried to contact them to rig elections, but according to him, there is a team of cyber experts in India...

The contraceptive pill can be taken every day of the month

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Report urging less meat in global diet 'lacks agricultural understanding'

One of the study's authors, Professor Tim Lang, said that humans are now "getting this very wrong". The team said consumption of fruits, vegetables, and leg...

With 19 kids reported dead

Nebraska is now at the "Widespread" activity level as of Friday. The data includes reports from September 30, 2018 through this week. One flu marker that ro...

Earth could be saved through ‘dramatic change’ to our diets

The panel, the EAT-Lancet Commission, has determined that daily healthy diets should contain at least 35 per cent calories from whole grains and tubers, prote...

Study Links More Marketing Of Opioids To More Overdose Deaths

Beginning in the late 1990s, drugmakers' aggressive marketing campaigns contributed to a proliferation of prescription opioids across the US, whichaddiction exp...

CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) Was Coveraged By UBS with $75 Target

Miles Capital stated it has 0.21% of its capital in CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS). Illinois-based Dearborn Prtnrs Ltd Liability has invested 0.83% in CVS...

More women catch Ebola in Congo in ‘unexpected’ twist of gender roles

Health authorities also confirmed 237 cases of "persons cured", with a further "200 suspect cases still under investigation". "Since the start of the epidemic...

NIH & Fitbit launch BYOD project

Fitbit users that are currently enrolled in the Precision Medicine Initiative program can now sync their accounts and share their data with NIH researchers, inc...

Florida governor wants ban on smokeable medical pot ended

The Republican governor, who took office on January 8, said the state has lagged in carrying out the constitutional amendment that passed with the support of mo...